Joyful Jukebox Music is a compilation album by American pop band The Jacksons, released through Motown on October 26, 1976, following the band's leaving of the label.[1][2] This is the third compilation released by the group, after Greatest Hits (1971) and Anthology (1976), yet the first to be entirely composed of previously unreleased material. The compilation was released less than two weeks before the group's debut on their new label Epic Records.
Background[]
In 1975, The Jacksons (then The Jackson 5) announced they were leaving Motown and signing to Epic.[3] Before their departure, they recorded dozens of songs per album. Motown gathered some of them, which were recorded between November 1972–February 1975, during recording sessions for the following albums: Skywriter, G.I.T.: Get It Together, Dancing Machine, and Moving Violation.[4] Those years were very prolific for the brothers since, in addition to the two albums and tracks, Jermaine, Michael, and Jackie Jackson all already had a solo album of their own at the time (respectively, Come into My Life, Music & Me, Jackie Jackson, and Forever, Michael).
The albums Joyful Jukebox Music and the next compilation album, Boogie, were distributed for a very short period, and the former is one of the rarest albums by the band, though not as scarce as the latter. In 2004, it was available for a limited time from Hip-O Select to complement Motown's 2001 "2 Albums on 1 CD" re-issue set of the Jackson 5's albums, on which some of these songs were issued as bonus tracks. Although only 5,000 copies were pressed, the album contains the previously unreleased full 15+ minute take of the song "Hum Along and Dance."
Track list[]
| Standard edition | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Joyful Jukebox Music" | 3:15 |
| 2. | "Window Shopping" | 2:47 |
| 3. | "You're My Best Friend, My Love" | 3:24 |
| 4. | "Love Is the Thing You Need" | 3:05 |
| 5. | "The Eternal Light" | 3:13 |
| 6. | "Pride and Joy" | 3:13 |
| 7. | "Through Thick and Thin" | 2:42 |
| 8. | "We're Here to Entertain You" | 3:02 |
| 9. | "Make Tonight All Mine" | 3:19 |
| 10. | "We're Gonna Change Our Style" | 2:46 |
| Total length: | 31:00 | |
References[]
- ↑ https://books.google.ca/books?id=RwKmo3VTjTEC&q=Joyful+Jukebox+Music&pg=PT51&redir_esc=y
- ↑ https://books.google.ca/books?id=7EkwuCFnE28C&q=Joyful+Jukebox+Music&pg=PT253&redir_esc=y
- ↑ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1975/07/14/leaving-motown
- ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/joyful-jukebox-music-mw0000453622